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Polydipsia was produced in two female rats when they were exposed to a FFI 40 sec. 4% sucrose pellet food reinforcement schedule. An analysis of the inter-pellet drinking distribution of both Ss indicated that drinking followed, rather than preceded pellet delivery. This result was interpreted as further evidence for a prandial interpretation of schedule-induced polydipsia.
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1. This research was supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grants MH-08775 and MH-12025.
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Burks, C.D., Hitzing, E.W. & Schaeffer, R.W. Drinking response distributions associated with a 4% sucrose FFI food schedule. Psychon Sci 8, 13–14 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330643
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